BINARY CODE

INTRODUCTION Computer Hardware Computer Software BITS vs. BYTES Physical Devices Computer Software Programs that give hardware useful functionality BITS vs. BYTES Bit: binary digit, smallest unit of information, consists of a single 0 or 1 Byte: eight adjacent bits

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS BINARY CODE? Used in computers for encoding and translating data Numbering system of base 2 Allows for only two states: 1 and 0 Can be used to represent situations that are true and false, on and off Used with ASCII code to represent characters and strings

HOW DO I READ IT? Each digit represents a power of 2 reading from right to left Evaluate the powers and then multiply by the binary value (ultimately ignoring the zeros since that would result in zero......) Add together and VOILA! your decimal value.